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My day was completely derailed yesterday after a scammer posing as a journalist nearly phished me via Zoom. He reached out for an interview, got me on a call, then asked me to share my screen to demo my product.

I keep screen sharing disabled in Zoom, so I had to restart the app. When I rejoined, system dialogs popped up, one of which asked for remote access. Huge red flag. 

I denied all permissions and ended the call immediately.

I spent hours checking my security settings, running a malware scan, and moving my crypto to cold storage. Found others who fell into the same trap with this scammer.

Scammers pose as journalists or investors, get you on a call, then trick you into screen sharing or remote access. If you’re not careful, they can hijack your machine and drain your funds.

My advice: treat any unsolicited Zoom call with extreme skepticism. Better yet, just deny them on sight.

Unfortunately a super common scam tactic

Remember that no one wants to interview you for Forbes or anything like that - assume everything is a scam

Or the "project tester" "paying .7 eth a week"

Don't join their telegram or discord

Just here for the laughs, the loot, and the chaos. Don’t take me too seriously I’m just a walking meme with a side of chaos. 😆🔥

Day and night in $DEGEN 🎩🎩

Exactly. Ego is the easiest way to hack someone.

Yep, classic scam move. Why do people still fall for the 'Forbes interview' thing though?

full stack developer.
web designer.
shitcoiner.
hunter.

I start the day always thinking all around is scam, its better to be protected

They even have hyper realistic accounts. Almost seems so real

👀That’s my life on a screenshot. Not that I have a choice 😂

It's just a stark reminder of how sophisticated these scams are getting.

Hahah more than 50+ contacted me here on farcaster for collaboration hahahah 😂😂😂ik that was scam

Exactly. Someone taking interest in you should be the first red flag 😂

This guy posed as a journalist for a publication that was just mid tier enough to be believable. 

Still, fact remains.

Always assume nobody wants to interview you from legacy media. It never happens.

Its honestly really scary thankfully im too anxious to ever wanna go on zoom with anyone 🤭🤭